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JULY 25, 1953
VOICE OF FIRESTONE
August 3—Thomas L. Thomas
Oklahoma
Rogers
Orch. & Chorus
Along the Navajo Trail
Markes, Charles,
Thomas
and DeLange
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Witson and
Orch. & Chorus
Friedman
This Nearly Was Mine from
Rodgers
Thomas
“South Pacific”
Bendemeer’s Stream
Old Irish Melody
Thomas
Overture-Orpheus
Offenbach
Orchestra
Semper Paratus
Van Boskerck
Thomas & Chorus
August 10—Nadine Conner
Medley—Countess Maritza
Kalman
Orch. & Chorus
Your Eyes Shine in My Own
Strauss and
Conner
from “Gypsy Baron”
Ronell
Minuet
Baccherini
Orchestra
Del vieni non tardar
Mozart
Conner
from “Marriage of Figaro”
A Perfect Day
Bond
Conner & Chorus
Czardas from “Capellia”
Delibes
Orchestra
One Night of Love
Schertzinger
Conner & Chorus
August 17—Mildred Miller
S’Wonderful, S’Marvelous
Gershwin
Orch. & Chorus
It’s A Grand Night for Singing Rodgers
Miller
Chorus of the i lower Girls
St. Saens
Orch. & Chorus
from “Samson and Dalila”
Printemps qui commence
St. Saens
Miller
from “Samson and Dalila”
Angels of Mercy
Berlin
Miller & Chorus
Ballet Music from “Faust”
Gounod
Orchestra
In the Still of the Night
Porter
Miller & Chorus
Store And Dealer
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American motorist and homemak
er. For the car one can buy from
stocks of hundreds of approved and
tested accessories. In addition to
products there are a number of
services offered for the car. These
include brake repair and re-lining,
washing, lubricating, wheel balanc
ing, etc.
One very special service offered
by all stores and dealers is the fac
tory retreading service for such
tires as are approved for retread
ing. To the car owner who prefers
this service rather than the in
vestment in new tires a substan
tial initial savings is effected. Of
course, the buyer knows he will
not get as much service from re
treads as would normally be ex
pected from new tires.
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INSIDE the Firestone Store and
Dealer Store, here and elsewhere,
a customer can buy any appliance
needed in the home. These appli
ances, including Firestone refrig
erators, electric and gas ranges,
etc., can be purchased for as little
as- 10 per cent down.
For the living room, bedroom,
den, etc., there are Firestone tele
visions, radios, and combinations.
For the sportsman who spends his
leisure time out-of-doors there are
outboard motors, fishing rods and
reels, and camping equipment of
various types.
The youngsters are remembered
at Firestone Stores too. They may
look with envy on a wide assort
ment of wheel toys, topped by the
bigger boys’ favorite, the bicycle.
The toy department grows to
enormous proportions during the
Christmas Season, as would be ex
pected.
For the man about the house
there are lawn mowers both power
driven and manually operated.
These, plus lawn sprinklers and
garden hose, allow Firestone em
ployees to keep lawns neat and
green with a minimum of physical
effort, and in view of their dis
count advantage, at a real finan
cial savings.
The employee who is not ac
quainted with the discounts offered
Firestone employees may get
specific discount information by in
quiring at either the Firestone
Store or the franchise dealer in
Gastonia. Charles Moore, manager
of the Company store, or H. Gray-
don Horne of the franchise store
will welcome your inquiry. They
suggest also that in making pur
chases, employees identify them
selves as such before purchase
tickets are made up as it is im
possible for clerks to know all
Firestone Textiles’ employees per
sonally. If this practice were fol
lowed consistently, according to
Mr. Moore of the Company store,
the clerk in making the charge
would know to allow a discount.
Whereas, if the employee-customer
waits until after a ticket is made
up to identify himself, it will al
ways cause delay while the ticket
is discounted, unless the clerk
happens to know the employee.
Something New On The Farm. . . .
Tractor Radio To Entertain Farmers At Work
Candid Camera
DAVID ADAMS, a lap hanger
in Carding, has been an em
ployee at this plant 13 years.
He started as a sweeper in 1940.
As for his present job, hang
ing laps, he says simply, “I like
it fine”. Mr. Adams, his wife and
two daughters, live at 827 South
Broad Street. They attend the
Unity Zion Methodist Church in
Clover, S. C. Fishing is the fami
ly pastime.
FARMERS now “whistle while
they work” to the accompaniment
of studio music from their favorite
station with a new dustproof,
shockproof and waterproof trac
tor radio, developed especially for
farm tractors by The Firestone
Tire & Rubber Company and avail
able nationally from P’irestone
dealers and stores.
Everything from the latest farm
produce quotations and weather
reports to the play-by-play ac
counts of major league pennant
races and the world series can be
picked up from the seat of the
tractor in the field.
Every deterrent has been engi
neered out and every desirable
factor to provide years of fine
service has been incorporated into
the new radio. Constant field dust,
heavy rainfall and the shocks and
jolts of tractor operation are no
longer hazards to the continuous
operation of the new radio.
The field dust has been elimi
nated by the development of a
new fine-wire-mesh grille. The fine
flocking of the mesh is dustproof
and waterproof to the extent that
a water hose played full on the
grille opening will not affect the
operation of the set. Ventilating
louvers have also been designed to
eliminate dust and, at the same
time, permit the free flow of air.
The radio is also fitted with a new
cone speaker that is impervious to
dampness.
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TO avoid mechanical shock, the
new radio is mounted on four rub
ber cushions in a manner similar
to the mounting of delicate instru
ments in aircraft. Sharp shocks
are never transmitted to the deli
cate radio mechanism. They are
totally absorbed by the rubber in
sulators.
The radio itself is an eight tube
set including the rectifier. It has
six watts of audio output (com
pared to an average 1 1/2 watt
output of car radios) and a new
type oval speaker nine inches wide
and six inches high. Equipped with
a two-position tone control, the
new radio easily can be heard over
all engine noise. There is also an
illuminated dial for night opera
tion.
The color of the radio is “fii®
engine” red to fit into the coloi'
adopted by tractor manufacturers-
The antenna is a collapsible;
self-contained type which extends
to a full 70 inches and collapses to
the height of the radio.
A hinged metal plate covers
radio when it is not in use. When
activated, the plate folds flush
gainst the top of the radio and
snaps into a position forming ®
tray for small articles.
DEVELOPED ESPECIALLY for farmers, whose work take®
them far from communications, a tractor radio now is available
nationally through Firestone dealers and stores. Easily attached to
tractors, the radio is equipped with extra high audio output
can be heard over engine noise. Waterproof, dustproof and cushioned
against shock. Firestone’s tractor radio keeps farmers in
constant
touch with weather and market reports, sports event^ and entei"
tainment while going about their field duties.
3n jlWemonam |
MISS ALEASE GWINN
Miss Alease Gwinn, 19 year-old
daughter of Laborer Lonnie Gwinn,
passed away on June 4. Employees
of the Warehouse extend to the
family their sympathy.
MR. J. J. GREEN
Mr. J. J. Green of Forest City,
N. C., brother of Mrs. Frances
Player, winder tender, died recent
ly. Deepest sympathy is extended
to the family.
MR. REESE BYRD
Mr. Reese Byrd, father of
Arthur Byrd, wastehouse operator,
succumbed after a serious opera
tion recently. The employees of
the Warehouse extend their deep
est sympathy to the family.
Spinning Department
Employee Expresses Thanks
Vernon Liles, a former Spinning
Department employee, has ex
pressed appreciation to Firestone
Textiles employees for their many
kindnesses to him during his con
finement in one of the local hos
pitals. Mr. Liles, who came tc
work at this plant in 1938, has
been hospitalized several times in
recent years, the most recent con
finement having started in Jan
uary of this year.
^^Firestone 500'^^
THE FIRST NYLON tubeless tire to be developed by the tn
of Th^
Vice'
industry is exhibited by Lee R. Jackson (left), President
..Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, and Raymond C. Firestone, ^
President in Charge of Research and Development. The tire
engineered to incorporate new rubber compounds and construe
features which this year proved themselves capable of withstan
the hottest and one of the fastest 500-mile races ever run
Indianapolis Motor Speedway and has been named the “Fires
500”. According to Mr. Firestone, exhaustive road tests have ,
the new tire to he the safest and longest-wearing ever deve
for high-speed driving. An inner liner gives the tire protec
against blowouts and punctures.